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Letters .Patent No. 68,618, dated S'eptemller 1'0, `1867.'

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, BENJAMIN S. FLETCHER, of Cornish, in the county ofSullivan, and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and usefulApparatus for Securing the Reins of Animals that are Harncssed toVehicles, to prevent them from falling or being dragged down aroundtheir heels,l and fasten a boot, apron,

er other article to the dash-board of a vehicle; and I do hereby declarethe. following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of .thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, and

Figure 2 a. side elevation of my invention.

Figures 3 and 4 are two views of a. modification of the saine.

A is a'plate, having countersunk holes for screws, by which it may beattached to the inside ot' the dashboard of a carriage, eithervertically, as seen in figs. 1 and 2,01' horizontally, as in figs. 3 and4. B is a cylindrical hub, show/nin dotted linesin iig. 1, and partiallyseen in iig. 2, rigidly attached to, or in one piece with, thc plate A,and surrounded and covered by the cam C, which is free to revolve aroundthe hub B, and is kept from lifting oil from it by a'rivet-head onthe'steni a of the hub, or by a screw' or equivalent device. The cam chas a-knurled fillet. around its top, for convenience in turning, andhas a slot or opening, I), through its ring, running spirally, or likethe thread of a screw, for about one`third of its circumference. D is alever, which swings on a joint at c, and has a short arm, d, projectinginto the spiral slot 11,80 that as the cam C is revolved the end ofthelever D is moved to or from the plate A. This last is provided Awith tworidges, c e,'whieh are serratedor furnished with teeth, and the edgeofthe lever next the plate is similarly serrated, and closes in betweenthe ridges e e, so as to hold securely whatever may bc placed betweenthem. l

Fig. 3 is an elevation of thc same device, but showing the cam C asenclosed withina cylinder or case B, rigidly attached or in one piecewith the plate A, which ease'B has a slot,f, through-which the arm d ofthe lever D may project into the groove or spiral slot b of the cam'C.

Fig. el is a section through the plate A and the case B, showing thecani C and its slot b in elevation. The cam C in this ease may be asolid cylinder, as shown, or be h`ollow, with the 'edge of its topknurled for convenience in turning, and may revolve upon a spindleprojecting from thc plate A, furnished with a rivet-head, a screw, orother device, to keep-the cam C in its place.

The parts of my rein-'holder may bo made of any suitable material, aswrought or cast metal, Zinc. The reins are brought over the top oi' thedash-board, and a couple of turns made around the lever D, or'thcirbight passed between it and the plate A, while the lever is in theposition shown by dotted lines, iig. 2, when the earn C is turned, so asto'close the lever into the plate A, as 'shown in full lines, samefigure.

Having thus fully described '/myv invention, what I'claiin therein asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l y p The combinationof theplate A with its serrated ridges' e e, andthe levcr'Dwith 'therevolving cam C, either surrounding a hub,.B, or enclosed within a case,B, asl-,set forth, and arrangedand operating substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. i

In testiinony whereof I have signed this specification in the presenceof two witnesses-- 'BENJAMIN FLETCHER..

Witnesses:

EDWARD D. Bimini, L. J. HUnD.

